Building Trust with Quality Assurance Strategies in TAACCCT

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1 Building Trust with Quality Assurance Strategies in TAACCCT Gerry Hanley (TAACCCT Repository Services) Executive Director, MERLOT Assistant Vice Chancellor, Academic Technology Services California State University, Office of the Chancellor

2 How Do You Get Strangers Students Faculty Employers To trust what you have created? 2

3 Quality and Symbols of Trust The content of your curriculum captures the skills, knowledge, and attitudes needed for success on the job and in life The design of the instructional process enables rather than interferes with the desires to learn The delivery of the curriculum enables all learners, including those with disabilities to succeed The demonstration of the learning represents the enrolled students performances. 3

4 Quality of Content TAACCCT projects working with industry partners and subject matter experts How do strangers know that your curriculum has been created by experts? Describe the expert authors in SkillsCommons.org 3 rd Party experts review the content Professional Organizations, Editorial Boards, Employers Other institutions adopt your curriculum 4

5 SkillsCommons.or Will Leverage MERLOT s Peer Review Process MERLOT s peer review processes by editorial boards 14 years building tools and processes Managing 23 Editorial boards Opportunities for TAACCCT grantees to build communities and develop your quality assurance strategies for your disciplines 5

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10 Quality of Instructional Design Many universities and colleges use rubrics to evaluate the quality of the instructional design of their courses Quality Matters TM Online Learning Consortium (AKA Sloan-C) Quality Scorecard (Institutional Capabilities) Institutional developed guidelines (CSU QOLT- Quality Online Learning and Teaching) 10

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12 Certified training for faculty learning to apply the QM Rubric Certified Peer Reviewer Certified Master Reviewer/Train the Trainer Certified evaluation of course against the QM Rubric Great value Consortium pricing Rubric for Course Design and Delivery Aligns with QM Recognition Program within the CSU Free 12

13 QM General Standards #1: The overall design of the course is made clear to the student at the beginning of the course (8 criteria) #2: Learning objectives are measurable and are clearly stated (5 criteria) #3: Assessment strategies are designed to evaluate student progress by reference to stated learning objectives; to measure the effectiveness of student learning; and to be integral to the learning process (5 criteria) 13

14 QM General Standards #4: Instructional materials are sufficiently comprehensive to achieve stated course objectives and learning outcomes (6 criteria) #5: Forms of interaction incorporated in the course motivate students and promote learning (4 criteria) #6: Course navigation and technology support student engagement and ensure access to course components (5 criteria) 14

15 QM General Standards #7: The course facilitates student access to institutional support services essential to student success (4 criteria) #8: The course demonstrates a commitment to accessibility for all students (4 criteria) Total of 41 Checkpoints for Quality Instructional Design for Online and Hybrid Courses 15

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17 Recognition & Dissemination of Quality Instruction Since 2010, 600+ CSU faculty have participated in the CSU QOLT Awards Program. Three levels of evaluation Self-evaluation: Copy goes to instructor, copy goes to Campus Coordinator Student ratings: Anonymous. Viewed by peer- reviewer. Instructor views after grades submitted. Peer-review: Analysis by faculty/staff colleague Participation letter to all; Recognition letter to campus finalists; Letter, certificate, postings to CSU awardees Campus and CSU presentations by awardees Online repository of exemplars by objective

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19 QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY All learners, including those with disabilities, have equally effective access to learning and succeeding Make it a forethought not an afterthought Very important and lots of work to do We will be working with and you to make it work 19

20 CSU+MERLOT+Universal Design = Open For U

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22 Accessibility Checkpoints Aligned with Section 508 and WCAG guidelines Balanced between brevity and breadth of coverage Tailored to common elearning formats 32 total checkpoints organized in 15 functional areas Collectively represent baseline accessibility support by addressing the most common, high-impact barriers Easily validated using free or low-cost tools and methods: Firefox WAVE toolbar extension Firefox Web Developer extension Manual evaluation 22

23 Criteria Images & Accessibility Non-decorative images have descriptive alternative text (11A). Decorative images have null alternate text (11B). Rationale Alternate text should describe non-decorative images so they re accessible to those who are blind or have visual impairments. Decorative images should have null (alt= ) alternate text so screen readers can skip over unnecessary content. Evaluation Steps In the Web Developer toolbar, select the Images submenu and then select the Display Alt Attributes command 23

24 Images DNA From the Beginning (Concept 1 landing page) 24

25 Images - Demonstration 2 Biology Tutorials for Cell, Metabolism, and Genetics (Figure 30) 25

26 Criterion Structural Markup The text includes markup that allows for navigation by key structural elements (6A). Rationale Headings allow those who are blind to understand the structure of the page and easily navigate by sections. Headings allow those with low-vision to apply their own styles to more easily locate specific sections. Evaluation Steps 1. In the WAVE toolbar, click the Outline button 26

27 Structural Markup DNA From the Beginning (Concept 1 links page) Standard View Evaluation View 27

28 Structural Markup - Demonstration 2 Biology Tutorials for Cell, Metabolism and Genetics Standard View Evaluation View 28

29 Quality by Academic Integrity How can you assure that the student performance in your class was by same person who enrolled in your class? How can you assure that the student performance represents the students knowledge, skills, and attitudes that they will bring to the job? 29

30 How will we build trust in transforming the education of our workforce? Mass = 1

31 Building A Community To Trust Mass = Putting Quality Assurance into Educational Practices Mass = TAACCCT Community

32 For more information: Gerry Hanley